Antisqueak body bracket



July

H. D. 'GEYER 2,009,614

ANTISQUEAK BODY BRACKET Filed June 19, 19354 v /0 2.9 273 F7" l Y INVENTOR f? Har-Vey G'E/VI HIS ATTORNEYS Patented July 30, 193s UNITEDA -s'rA'rE-:s

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2,009,614 'AN'rIsQUi-:Ax nonv nacxn'r t Harvey D. Geyer, Dayton, Ohio, assigner, by'

mesne assignments, to General Motors Corporae tion, Detroit, Mich., a corporation of Delaware Application June 19, 193s, serial No. 676,510

" claims; (c1. 20s-a0) 5 economical and emcient means for fastening to' gether the various members -of a vehicle body frame which'willmake the joints resiliently flexible and at the same time eliminate squeaks and other noises which ordinarily occur in automobile bodies after a period of use due to .the relative motion of the frame members at the joints.

Another Aobject is to provide such a joint which, though resilient, is more permanent -and longlasting than ordinary joints heretofore used, and whichwill dispense with the use of glue to secure the frame members together.

Further objects and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,` wherein @preferred embodiment of one form of `the present invention is clearly shown.

Inthe drawing: f'

Fig. 1 is a section on line I-I of Fig. 2, and shows a joint made according to this invention between the sill and body post of an automobile body frame.

Fig.2 is a plan view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3is an elevation looking in the direction of arrow 3 of Fig.' l.

Similar reference characters refer to similar `parts throughout the several views'.

The drawing illustrates the invention as applied to a wood body sill I0 and a wood vertical body post II. A metal plate or fitting I2 is designed to fit -upon and be 'fastenedrigidly to the sill Ill by any suitable means. lAnother metal plate' or fitting I3, is designed to fit uponand be rigidly fastened vto the body post II by any suitable mean's. In the drawing the plate I2 is shown as having 9, flange I 4 turned down over the edge of sill I0, and plate I3 issh'ownas having-a bottom I5 lying closely `adjacent plate I2 and side A metal bracket member is so designed that l its integral plate-'like legs 2| and 22 may parallel .fitting I2 rigidly to the sill I 0. It isl thus seen thereto by vulcanization in situ so that these three parts are strongly held-together but isolated from each other by the intervening resilient rubber layers 25.- This is preferably done by setting the three metal parts I2, I3 and 25 in the vulcanizing 5 moldas inserts and curing the-rubber directly thereupon in such manner as to form a strong bond between the rubber and the'contacting surfaces of these metal parts. This will provide a unitary resilient. joint member which may be 10 later fixed to the frame members for whichit'was designed. In the form illustrated, the metal leg 22 and rubber layer'25 are provided with two clearance holes 2G through which' the two screws 21 may be 15 inserted for rigidly xing the fitting -I3 to post I I.- Similarly the metal leg 2| and its contacting rubber layer 25are provided with three holes. 28 for the insertion ofthe `bolts 28 for fixing the taching flanges thereupon. The particular joint chosen for illustration is designed for the connection of only two frame members, but obviously a joint made according to this invention can be designed for connecting three or more frame members if such a joint is required in any case. 30 For such a joint it is simply required to design a metal plate. which can berigidly xed to each frame member to be joined by the jointfand then provide a bracket member having a leg, or flange,

or some portion thereof, lying closely adjacent eachmetal plate and isolated therefrom by an intervening layer of resilient rubber. Obviously the variations in design of a joint made accordingto thisf invention are as many as possible variations in design "of body frames and it is o deemed unnecessary for a full disclosure of the invention to illustrate further variations.

While the form of embodiment of the present invention as herein disclosed, constitutes a preferred form, it is to be `understood that other forms might be adopted, all coming within th scope of the vclaims which follow.

What is claimed is as follows:

1. As an article of manufacture, a unitary angle bracket for joining frame members in resiliently 50 isolated-relation, comprising: a metal angle member having two langularly disposed plate-like legs, two spaced metal plates lying opposed to but adjacent said legsrespectively, and an'intervening relatively thin layer of resilient rubber bonded to said legs and said separate metal plates and forming a single unitary bracket.

2. As an article of manufacture, a unitary angle bracket for joining frame members in resiliently isolated relation, comprising: a metal angle member having two angularly disposed plate-like legs, two spaced metal plates lying closely juxta-posed to said legs respectively, and an intervening layer of resilient rubber bonded to said legs and said separate metal plates and forming a single unitary bracket, said legs and plates having aligned apertures for the insertion of screws or bolts, the aperture in the inner member being smaller than its aligned aperture whereby the head of the fastening means may be inserted through the outer member and engage the inner member.

3. In a vehicle body, in combination, two angularly extending body frame members, a unitary resilient bracket for joining said frame members, said bracket comprising: two spaced metal plates rigidly fixed to said two frame members respectively, a metal angle overlying both of said plates in closely spaced relation therewith, and an intervening isolating thin layer. of resilient rubber securely vulcanized to both said metal plates and metal angle, whereby said two frame members are.

resiliently secured together in mutually isolated relation.

4. In a vehicle body, in combination, two angularly extending body frame members, a unitary resilient bracket for joining said frame members, said bracket comprising: two spaced metal plates xed to said two frame members respectively, a metal angle member having legs lying juxta-posed to each of said metal plates but spaced therefrom, and an intervening isolating thin layer of resilient rubber bonded to both said metal plates and said overlying metal angle member.

, 5. In a vehicle body, in combination, two angularly extending body frame members, a unitary resilient bracket for joining said frame members, said bracket comprising: two spaced metal plates xed to said two frame members respectively, a metal angle member having legs lying juxta-posed to each of said metal plates but spaced therefrom, and an intervening isolating thin layer of resilient rubber bonded to both'said metal plates and said overlying metal angle member, and pin means for xing the underlying areas of said metal plates directly to said frame members, said overlying. rubber layer and metal legs having aligned apertures therein for the insertion of said fixing means therethrough.

HARVEY D. GEYER. 

